Connect
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What are you thankful for today?
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How have you seen God working in your life this past week?
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What difficulties are you experiencing in life? How may we help?
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How did you apply last session's discovery? What happened?
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With whom did you share last session's discovery? What was their response?
Instructions:
Please use the following steps to guide your discovery of God's truth in the passages below. Need to review the Group Guidelines?
Discover
Step 1- Participants take turns reading sections of the passage (clarify new words/terms)
Step 2- One person reads the entire passage out loud while the rest listen
Step 3- A participant retells the passage in his/her own words (others add their thoughts)
The Savior's Identity (Isaiah 9:1, 6-7)
1Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
6For a child is born to us,a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!
Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois, 60188. All rights reserved.
Ask/Answer:
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What do you see in this passage?
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What does it mean to you?
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What do you like/not like about this passage?
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How does this passage change the way you see God/People?
Respond: If this is true...
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How should it change the way you live?
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With whom will you share today's discovery?